“We are delighted to continue to help fund their work and look forward to working closely with them to improve services for our residents.”

The Federation received national recognition last year, when they received the TIS ‘Frances Nelson Award’ for making an outstanding contribution to change in their communities for their work on the Motherwell Towers Sub Group.

“The Federation wants to ensure the needs, views and aspirations of local groups and tenants are taken into consideration when major decisions are being made, and their input is vital to the decision making process.”

The Federation has now started work with the council’s housing service to develop tenant scrutiny opportunities across North Lanarkshire.

Over the coming months, members of the Federation and local tenants and residents groups will be inspecting some parts of the housing service. Anne said: “It’s really important that tenants come forward and get involved in tenant scrutiny, this is the perfect opportunity for tenants to have real influence on the services they receive.”